Covenantal pluralism is an approach to interreligious dialogue that aims at finding common ground. It goes beyond attempts at theological or philosophical pluralism, since it involves person-to-person relationship building and reciprocity.

A leading proponent and funder of covenantal pluralism is the Templeton Religion Trust, which has funded research and engagement across religious divides.^[1]

In 1990, Paul M. van Buren argued that covenantal pluralism could be derived from the emerging Christian view, at that time, from Christian recognition of the Sinai covenant and the wholly different religion of Judaism.

In 1993, Clark M. Williamson argued that the church's catholicity (universality) is "grounded.. in the life of.. the Jewish people today." Accordingly, he said, "Genuine catholicity is compatible with covenantal pluralism when and where it recognizes that catholicity itself is a way of talking first and last about God's all-inclusive love."^[2]

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Cornelio, Jayeel, and Prince Kennex Aldama. “Religious Diversity and Covenantal Pluralism in the Philippines.” The Review of Faith & International Affairs 18, no. 4 (2020): 74–85. doi:10.1080/15570274.2020.1834978. 3

Larsson, Ernils. “Covenantal Pluralism in ‘Homogenous’ Japan: Finding a Space for Religious Pluralism.” The Review of Faith & International Affairs 20, no. 1 (2022): 43–55. doi:10.1080/15570274.2022.2031056. 3

Greenberg, Irving. “Covenantal Pluralism.”Journal of Ecumenical Studies 34, no. 3 (Summer 1997): 425. 4

Grim, Brian J., und Kent Johnson. "Corporate Religious Diversity, Equiry, and Inclusion as Covenantal Pluralism." The Routledge Handbook of Religious Literacy, Pluralism and Global Engagement 2022: 228-240. 4

Greenberg, Yitz. “Covenantal Pluralism.” Hadar Institute. Accessed April 18, 2024. https://www.hadar.org/torah-tefillah/resources/covenantal-pluralism. 5

Hardy, Elle. “The Evangelicals Trying to Convert Israelis on the Battlefield.” The New Republic, December 9, 2023. https://newrepublic.com/article/177389/messian. 5

Joustra, Robert J. “The Coordinates of Covenantal Pluralism: Mapping Pluralist Theory in the 21st Century.” The Review of Faith & International Affairs 18, no. 4 (2020): 18–34. doi:10.1080/15570274.2020.1834994. 6

Korn, Eugene. “One God: Many Faiths: A Jewish Theology of Covenantal Pluralism.” The Center for Christian-Jewish Learning, Boston College, 2003. https://www.bc.edu/content/dam/files/research_sites/cjl/texts/cjrelations/resources/articles/Korn_13Mar03.htm 6

Peck, David D., 'Covenantal Pluralism in Mormonism and Islam: Alternatives to the Binary Logic of Apostasy', in Miranda Wilcox, and John D. Young (eds), Standing Apart: Mormon Historical Consciousness and the Concept of Apostasy (New York, 2014; online edn, Oxford Academic, 19 June 2014), https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199348138.003.0012, accessed 18 Apr. 2024. 7

Neo, Jaclyn L. “Regulating Pluralism: Laws on Religious Harmony and Possibilities for Robust Pluralism in Singapore.” The Review of Faith & International Affairs 18, no. 3 (2020): 1–15. doi:10.1080/15570274.2020.1795414. 7

Idinopulos, Thomas A. (Thomas Athanasius). 2007. “Covenantal Pluralism and Saul of Tarsus: A Review Article.” Journal of Ecumenical Studies 42 (3): 454–57. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=cookie,ip&db=a6h&AN=ATLA0001618546&site=eds-live&scope=site. 8

Stewart, W. C., Seiple, C., & Hoover, D. R. (2020). Toward a Global Covenant of Peaceable Neighborhood: Introducing the Philosophy of Covenantal Pluralism. The Review of Faith & International Affairs, 18(4), 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/15570274.2020.1835029

"Moving from Tolerance to Pluralism," Templeton Religion Trust. https://templetonreligiontrust.org/areas-of-focus/covenantal-pluralism/